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DictionaryRoot: corpus
Latin

corpus

body

Forms

  • corpus
  • corpor- — The longer form used before Latin endings.

Origin

An inherited Latin word with older Indo-European relatives.

Note

A collection of people, laws, or writings can be treated as one body.

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Several shop owners join their separate storefront models into one shared company model while one owner places the last piece inside the whole.
noun

incorporation

in-kor-puh-RAY-shuhn/ɪnˌkɔːrpəˈreɪʃn/

The combining of parts into an organized whole.

Etymology
inLatinin, into, on, upon
+corporLatinbody
+ationLatinan action, process, or result

Uniting things “into one body” explains inclusion within a whole. In the legal sense, that body is an artificial person formed by a union of people and able to act as one.

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